Looks like the Titan is being axed
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A manual tranny probably isn't the best thing for a company truck really, you have the one guy that will only powershift it like he drag racing because he hates Fords and wants to see it blow up, and then you have the other guy that will lug the crap out of the engine trying to drive it like a semi. All because if they are not their trucks, and if it blows up it just happened, of course it wasn't anything they did, it was like that when the got in it.
On top of that driving a manual is becoming a lost art, so just about any new employee will have to be taught... on your tranny.
That is just what I have noticed at my dad's shop, our 3/4 and one ton service trucks are both manual transmissions, and they both get more than a workout despite the lectures.
On top of that driving a manual is becoming a lost art, so just about any new employee will have to be taught... on your tranny.That is just what I have noticed at my dad's shop, our 3/4 and one ton service trucks are both manual transmissions, and they both get more than a workout despite the lectures.
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Yeah, the v6 5-speed is a novel idea, but I don't see that as a fleet vehicle. I'd say 90% of America could not hop in a stick-shift and drive it. So with having yor fleet (light duty) trucks as 5-speeds, in the end, I think it would be a losing proposition, especially with having to train the drivers (time & revenue lost) as well as repair/replace clutches every so often, due to people who really can't drive a stick.
Around my parts (Dallas) I gotta tell you, a good 75% of the F-150's I see are SuperCrews. It's rare to see an extended cab in the 2004 - Present bodystyle here. I'd say I see one SuperCab for every five SuperCrews, and less than that for the regular cab. While I'm sure fleets and farms buy a crap load of regular and supercab models, it seems the consumer, at least in Dallas, is flocking to the SuperCrew. And, with $10,000 discounts, it's easy to see why.
We got our 2006 F-150 SuperCrew, MSRP for $31,000- for $21,000 in Feb. 2006. That's the price of a nicely equipped Honda Civic. Not a day goes by that some dealership in Dallas (West Way, Sam Pack, Rodeo, etc..) isn't selling base F-150's for $11,988. That's accessible to just about anyone with a 40-hour /week job.
I tell ya, if I were 17 again, and Mom handed me the keys to a new F-150, regular cab, lunch-bucket. I'd have been elated, as long as it had AC. Excellent choice, and price for a first vehicle.
Around my parts (Dallas) I gotta tell you, a good 75% of the F-150's I see are SuperCrews. It's rare to see an extended cab in the 2004 - Present bodystyle here. I'd say I see one SuperCab for every five SuperCrews, and less than that for the regular cab. While I'm sure fleets and farms buy a crap load of regular and supercab models, it seems the consumer, at least in Dallas, is flocking to the SuperCrew. And, with $10,000 discounts, it's easy to see why.
We got our 2006 F-150 SuperCrew, MSRP for $31,000- for $21,000 in Feb. 2006. That's the price of a nicely equipped Honda Civic. Not a day goes by that some dealership in Dallas (West Way, Sam Pack, Rodeo, etc..) isn't selling base F-150's for $11,988. That's accessible to just about anyone with a 40-hour /week job.
I tell ya, if I were 17 again, and Mom handed me the keys to a new F-150, regular cab, lunch-bucket. I'd have been elated, as long as it had AC. Excellent choice, and price for a first vehicle.
Last edited by Bighersh; Dec 19, 2007 at 05:48 PM.
